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jersie0
I will sometimes need to print several slightly altered versions of
one basic document. It's not worth setting up as a merge document;
it's quicker to just print, change save , print, change, save, print,
change, etc.
However, if I forget to close documents once I have done a "save as"
with them, I find myself with many open Word documents (perhaps 5-10).
That's not a big deal, but what IS a big deal is what happens to my
printing speed if the document has an embedded graphic or jpg in it.
The print queue just slows down abysmally. I just sent 11 documents
to print using the method described above. The first four printed
normally. The fifth printed after maybe two minutes, even though the
printer wasn't printing during that time. The sixth took an
additional five minutes before it started printing. The seventh
printed 22 minutes after being sent to print. Once being printed, the
documents print as fast as usual. It's the time spent in the queue
BEFORE printing that's the problem.
I can only assume that my accidentally having so many documents (each
131k in size; one page with a couple embedded photos) simultaneously
open caused this slowdown in the print queue.
This is on a Windows 98 machine, running Word 2000. I have 128 meg of
memory and was running no other applications at the time Word was
running.
Any comments on my assumption?
Short of cancelling all prints, then reprinting them individually,
being sure to keep open no more than one Word document, is there any
way to speed up my print queue when it becomes bogged down this way?
one basic document. It's not worth setting up as a merge document;
it's quicker to just print, change save , print, change, save, print,
change, etc.
However, if I forget to close documents once I have done a "save as"
with them, I find myself with many open Word documents (perhaps 5-10).
That's not a big deal, but what IS a big deal is what happens to my
printing speed if the document has an embedded graphic or jpg in it.
The print queue just slows down abysmally. I just sent 11 documents
to print using the method described above. The first four printed
normally. The fifth printed after maybe two minutes, even though the
printer wasn't printing during that time. The sixth took an
additional five minutes before it started printing. The seventh
printed 22 minutes after being sent to print. Once being printed, the
documents print as fast as usual. It's the time spent in the queue
BEFORE printing that's the problem.
I can only assume that my accidentally having so many documents (each
131k in size; one page with a couple embedded photos) simultaneously
open caused this slowdown in the print queue.
This is on a Windows 98 machine, running Word 2000. I have 128 meg of
memory and was running no other applications at the time Word was
running.
Any comments on my assumption?
Short of cancelling all prints, then reprinting them individually,
being sure to keep open no more than one Word document, is there any
way to speed up my print queue when it becomes bogged down this way?